Brand new 30-06 Redding type S full length resize die used with imperial wax is giving me sticky (and stuck) cases. Even a new unfired case is quite stiff in die. I’ve owned and used this type of die for years. My once fired low pressure load cases go in and out hard and once resulted in shell holder ripping off rim. I wasn’t using an expander so I easily removed decapper assembly assembly and drove out case with rod. The sized cases have 13 bright streaks the length of body. There are no scratches. Streaks are relatively even spaced and may .04” wide. They look burnished on case. You have to hold at a particular angle to light to see them. Resized cases are .002” smaller just below shoulder than fired cases.

Anyone had a similar problem? Since brand new I will probably send the die to Redding. Even so I very curious as to what is going on. I sized 4 nickel case which were less sticky than lapua but stiff with striations as well. Cursory inspection (no magnification) revealed corresponding bright streaks full length of die. If the streaks in die were very slightly raised I’d expect marking on case but not necessarily sticking. My theory of the hour is that the factory Reamer caught the 13 raised areas of die blank but didn’t cut deep enough to take out low areas. Low areas are probably not really polished either.